# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-woods
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:28:49.212Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-woods"
name: "George Woods"
slug: "george-woods"
description: "George Woods was an American athlete who mainly competed in the shot put. Born in Portageville, Missouri, he moved to Sikeston, Missouri, as a baby. As a senior at Sikeston High School, Woods became the first Missouri high school athlete to top 60 ft, setting a Sikeston school record that still stands to this day. He would go on to attend Southern Illinois University."
tagline: "American shot putter (1943–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Woods_shot_putter_1973.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1943-02-11"
deathDate: "2022-08-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.22
  momentum:             5.454545454545454
  historical:           14.406012
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "George Woods (shot putter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Woods"
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    title: "George Woods"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Woods (athlétisme)"
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    title: "George Woods"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Woods (lekkoatleta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump